Shears



(No Model.)

E. LANT.

SHEARS.

N0. 356,253. Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

INVENTOR 7% (S fi Mfl. Mu/rm WITNESSES ATTOR UNITED STATES WILLIAM E.LANT, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,253, dated January18, 1887.

Application filed March 4, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDWARD LANT, of Lancaster, in the county ofLancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shears, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shears. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing the reverse side of the shears. Fig. 3 is a detailview of the stop pin for limiting the motion of the shear-blades. Fig. 4is a detail perspective view of the gage for regulating the distance ofthe button-hole from the edge of the garment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a simple and efficientmeans for regulating the length of the button-hole by limiting themotion of the shear-blades.

Theinvention consists of the combinations of parts, including theirconstruction, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

The shear-blades A B are connected with each other by the pivotal screw0, set to one side of the center of the blade B, and extending throughthe blade B and through a threaded I hole in the blade A. A portion ofthe cutting edges of the blades A and B over the pivotal screw 0 is cutaway, leaving a space, a, between the inner end of the cutting-edgesover the pivotal screw 0. The space a is cut away in the blades A B forreceiving the edge of the garment in which the button-hole is to be cut.By this construction I am enabled to bring the heels 0 of thecutting-edges near the pivot of the shears.

In the enlarged portion of the handle cl of the blade B is formed acurved slot, 0, with the pivotal screw 0 as a center, and in the handle01 of the blade A is formed a curved slot, 0, conforming in shape, butnot in width, to the PATENT FFICE.

Serial No. 193,990. (No model.)

slot 6. The slot e of the blade B is beveled or squareseated to receivethe beveled or squareseated boss f of the adjustable stud or stop 9,whose threaded end extends outward through the narrower and outer sideof the slot, and receives a milled nut, h, by which the stud may beclamped in any desired position in the slot 0. The round end of the stud9 projects he yond the inner face of the handle d of the 5 j M blade vBinto the curved slot 6 of the handle d. The stud 9 serves as a stop tolimit the move ment of the blades A B, so as to regulate the length ofthe button-hole by limiting the approach of the blades to each other,and also serves as a set, so that the blades form a perfectcutting-shears only by not allowing the I cutting-edges to open into theslot at. Q

The gage D, formed of a slotted plate ha'ving on one edge thereof anarm, 77, is secured to 6 the blade A by a nut, 7', received on the endof the pivotal screw 0, the slot of the gage being received on thescrew, and the arm 72 projecting over the blade A toward the blade B andacross the slot Z). The gage D may be ad- 70 j usted back and forth onthe pivotal screw 0, regulating the distance between the edge of thegarment and the outer end of the buttonhole tobe cut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the blades A B, provided with curved slots 6 ein the handle thereof, of a stud, 9, adj ustably secured in the curvedslot of one handle, and projecting into the curved slot of the oppositehandle, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the blades AB, cut away, as described, andprovided with curved slots 6 e in their handles, of the adjustable studg and the adjustable gage D, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

WILLIAM E. LANT.

Witnesses:

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